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J Health Care Poor Underserved. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 April 07. Published in final edited form as: J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2014 February ; 25(1): 357–375. doi:10.1353/hpu.2014.0033.
English Language Proficiency and Physical Activity among Mexican-Origin Women in South Texas and South Carolina Jennifer J. Salinas, MSW, PhD [Assistant Professor], Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences. She can be reached at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Brownsville Regional Campus, 80 Fort Brown, Brownsville, TX 78520 or [email protected]
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DeAnne K. Hilfinger Messias, PhD, RN, FAAN [Professor], Nursing and Women’s and Gender Studies and Director of the PhD in Nursing Science Program at the University of South Carolina Daisy Morales-Campos, PhD [Postdoctoral Fellow], and Institute for Health Promotion Research at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Deborah Parra-Medina, MPH, PhD [Professor] Institute for Health Promotion Research and Cancer Therapy and Research Center at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
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Objectives—To examine the relationship between English language proficiency (ELP), physical activity and physical activity-related psychosocial measures (i.e. exercise self-efficacy, exercise social support, perceptions of environmental supports) among Mexican-origin women in South Carolina and Texas. Design—Adjusted robust regression and interaction modeling to evaluate baseline questionnaire data on self-reported ELP with CHAMPS leisure-time moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), accelerometry data, Physical Activity Self-Efficacy, Physical Activity Social Support and Environmental Support for Physical Activity in 118 Mexican-origin women.
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Results—The adjusted regression revealed a significant association between ELP and perceived physical activity self-efficacy (β= 234.2, p=.004), but not with physical activity social support. In South Carolina, CHAMPS leisure-time MVPA (411.4 versus 114.3 minutes, p
J Health Care Poor Underserved. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 April 07. Published in final edited form as: J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2014 February ; 25(1): 357–375. doi:10.1353/hpu.2014.0033.
English Language Proficiency and Physical Activity among Mexican-Origin Women in South Texas and South Carolina Jennifer J. Salinas, MSW, PhD [Assistant Professor], Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences. She can be reached at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Brownsville Regional Campus, 80 Fort Brown, Brownsville, TX 78520 or [email protected]
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DeAnne K. Hilfinger Messias, PhD, RN, FAAN [Professor], Nursing and Women’s and Gender Studies and Director of the PhD in Nursing Science Program at the University of South Carolina Daisy Morales-Campos, PhD [Postdoctoral Fellow], and Institute for Health Promotion Research at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Deborah Parra-Medina, MPH, PhD [Professor] Institute for Health Promotion Research and Cancer Therapy and Research Center at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
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Objectives—To examine the relationship between English language proficiency (ELP), physical activity and physical activity-related psychosocial measures (i.e. exercise self-efficacy, exercise social support, perceptions of environmental supports) among Mexican-origin women in South Carolina and Texas. Design—Adjusted robust regression and interaction modeling to evaluate baseline questionnaire data on self-reported ELP with CHAMPS leisure-time moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), accelerometry data, Physical Activity Self-Efficacy, Physical Activity Social Support and Environmental Support for Physical Activity in 118 Mexican-origin women.
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Results—The adjusted regression revealed a significant association between ELP and perceived physical activity self-efficacy (β= 234.2, p=.004), but not with physical activity social support. In South Carolina, CHAMPS leisure-time MVPA (411.4 versus 114.3 minutes, p
